I may get called a witch for this, and judged as not being cut out for motherhood - can you give me some perspective?
I have a varied group of friends with kids of different ages (babies to early teens). I am thinking about starting a family but I am having serious doubts
More recently I have been spending time with friends with younger kids and as more meet ups are suggested I find I am not looking forward to them. The kids don’t listen, they are demanding and bossy, whiny and unreasonable. The parents shout a lot and/or continually appeasing demands. I know parenting is tough, so is this just how it is? Juggling small rude dictators? Or am I only seeing a particular way of life?
Recent meet ups leave me cold, there seems little joy in it all, just trudging through with ‘it will be better when they’re at nursery/school/out of nappies/sleeping/grown out of xyz’
Am I just a non maternal person, better off out of it?
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My friend’s kids make me not want my own
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Undecided123456 · 28/02/2021 13:49
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Am I being unreasonable?
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You are being unreasonable
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